More than 27,000 Cook County residents have had their Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) card revoked, but Sheriff Tom Dart said the state must do more to help law enforcement recover their guns.
More than 27,000 Cook County residents have had their Firearm Owner’s Identification card revoked, but Sheriff Tom Dart said the state must do more to help law enforcement recover their guns.Dart on Friday said millions more dollars must be dedicated to helping police departments recover weapons from those who’ve had their FOID cards revoked.
According to Dart’s office, more than 27,000 people in Cook County have had their FOID card revoked, but haven’t turned over their cards or firearms as required under the law. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office has a Police Gun Suppression Team that has recovered more than 1,000 firearms and worked on more than 7,100 cases since its creation in 2013. Other police agencies have similarly dedicated resources to what Dart called the “time consuming and potentially dangerous work.” But even so, the number of non-compliant revoked cardholders continues to rise.
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